Members of the US Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, out of Fort Drum, NY, push into the Mayden Shar district for the first time since the war began in 2001 in Afghanistan's Wardak province Thursday March 26, 2009. The 3/10 were originally slated to deploy to Iraq but were re-routed to Afghanistan. They are the U.S. forces' first major push into the Wardak region that saw a heavy anti-coalition resurgency last year marking the worst since the war began in 2001 for deaths among NATO forces. The brigade is the first substantial illustration of the U.S.'s new military focus in Afghanistan.